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Guam’s Bordallo is sworn in for a fourth term
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Posted on Jan 07 2009
[B]WASHINGTON, D.C.[/B]—Guam Delegate Madeleine Z. Bordallo yesterday took the oath of office administered by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi alongside her colleagues elected to the 111th Congress.
Among the new members taking office is the first ever Delegate from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Rep. Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan. Sablan’s office is next door to Bordallo’s office on the 4th floor of the historic Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill.
Both Bordallo and Sablan hosted “open houses” yesterday in recognition of the convening of the new Congress. Members of the Guam and CNMI communities residing in the greater Washington D.C. Metropolitan area gathered on Capitol Hill for the occasion.
Pelosi, acting on the recommendations of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, announced that Bordallo would continue to serve on the House Armed Services Committee under chair Ike Skelton and on the House Natural Resources Committee under chair Nick J. Rahall.
Bordallo will also continue to serve on the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus under Caucus chair Mike Honda where she remains the secretary and chairwoman of the Health Task Force.
As her first legislative act of the 111th Congress, Bordallo re-introduced the Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act as her first legislative priority for the new Congress. The Guam War Claims Act is H.R. 44 and includes 83 original co-sponsors. In the previous Congress, the bill successfully passed in the House of Representatives during the 110th Congress but stalled in the U.S. Senate.
“I look forward to working with my colleagues in the 111th Congress on issues important to the people of Guam,” Bordallo said. “I will continue to work for recognition for the people of Guam who endured the occupation of Guam through the passage of H.R. 44, the Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act. H.R. 44 is my top legislative priority and I will work to pass the bill in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
“Congress will continue to exercise oversight of the preparations for the Marine relocation from Okinawa to Guam. The military buildup on Guam must be implemented in a manner that takes our community’s concerns into consideration and that benefits our entire island community.
“I am also working to ensure that the proposed economic stimulus bill that Congress is working to pass at the request of President-elect Obama addresses Guam’s infrastructure needs, especially in light of the challenges posed by the military buildup,” she said. [B][I](PR)[/I][/B]
